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Monthly Archives August 2010

Music Monday – "From the corner of my eye/A hint of blue in the black sky/A ray of hope, a beam of light/An end to thirty years of night"

[Oops, forgot I pre-loaded this Music Monday post after coming across the song in a MetaFilter thread last week.  So, combined with the post below, you get a 2-for-1 on the Music Monday posts this week!] Inspired by a wonderfully thorough MetaFilter post, I'll highlight a song some fans call the most beautiful song in […]

Posted 03 August 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Politics § UK ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – "When your infant starts to nurse/Oxytocin's released from the brain with a burst" (Happy World Breastfeeding Week!)

It's World Breastfeeding Week so here's a song, written by a nursing student, about the subject.  I don't usually do a long narrative for my Music Monday posts but I'm got to say that I'm so amazingly proud of Shea for the dedication she put into breastfeeding Pace for over two and a half years […]

Posted 03 August 2010 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Pace § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Au revoir, la france

Edmonton writer and columnist, Todd Babiak, has just posted the last in a year-long series of columns about his family's sabbatical in France.  Having gone with his wife and two young girls, some of his thoughts on the experiences we (try to) give our children were particularly resonate for me (though I have no one […]

Posted 02 August 2010 § Canada § Main Page § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – We Haven't Done Recycling In Awhile…

I'm not sure how often we take can & bottle recycling but it's usually once we get about 4-5 bags.  This time, we had more like a dozen!  (We also love when the local soccer/hockey team comes by on bottle drives as they often feel like they've hit the jackpot when they hit our house […]

Posted 01 August 2010 § Main Page § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °